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Best yellow perch lakes in Utah

19 Utah waters hold yellow perch. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.

1. Utah Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
2. Yuba Reservoir — 37 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish
3. Starvation Reservoir — 108 ft max · Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
4. Willard Bay Reservoir — 22 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
5. Jordanelle Reservoir — 292 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Rainbow Trout
6. Deer Creek Reservoir — 66 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
7. Fish Lake — 175 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Common Carp
8. Pineview Reservoir — 82 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
9. Echo Reservoir — 49 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
10. Rockport Reservoir — 77 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
11. Red Fleet Reservoir — 144 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
12. Big Sand Wash — 69 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Rainbow Trout
13. Hyrum Reservoir — 82 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
14. Johnson Reservoir — 21 ft max · Muskellunge, Yellow Perch
15. Mantua Reservoir — 20 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
16. Mill Meadow Reservoir — 66 ft max · Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
17. Newton Reservoir — 74 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
18. Forsyth Reservoir — 36 ft max · Yellow Perch, Cutthroat Trout, Splake
19. Brough Reservoir — 56 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch

When to fish yellow perch in Utah

• Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
• Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
• Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.

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